The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-09-23
Country Versus City.
4 RUSTIC LAD ON THE SIDEWALK
A CITY BOY IN THE COUNTRY.

When the country chap enters on the
sidewalks of a city it astonishes him,
and at the same moment irritates him,
to hear a remark from a dapper youth
to the effect: ''IIullo, country" He
can't for the life of him see what there
is in his appearance that suggests that
he is from the country. His cowhide
boots, his clothes of hue that suggest
the home dye pot, and cut which re-
calls ii past generation: the stoop III his
shoulders indicative of toll his queer
hat and long, unkempt hair do not
present themselves to him as being at
all odd or out of the way. He does not
believe that there is anything in his
appearance that is unlike the city chaps.
1t is simply an unwarranted insult.
"Iou shet up, gol darn ye. is his
reply to the impertmence.
Then another city boy joins the first,
and then three more. They form around
the visitor, first safe distance, and re-
peat the offensive 'Country.' '.Coun-
try" One bolder than the other makes
Il snatch at his visitors hat, and he in
return launches out his big cowhide
| boot and catches the little assailant in
Il tender place. He howls with pain,
and then the others attack the country
man en- masse. They hit him with
chunks of wood. They pelt him with
Jumps of dirt They charge on him in
ones, twos, threes and smite him in the
back, on his countenance. They trip
him up and otherwise maltreat him till
the racket attracts citizen with cane
| and constable's commission, who
chase away the mob.
As a result there is an eternal enmitv
between city and country. The city
boy that ventutes in the country is lia-
Bile to get hit with Il stone OF rotten
apple, besides being constantly jibed at
for his appearance. He Is put through
IA ''course of sprouts" of great variety.
When nature was ecgaged III the
manufacture of '.bumblebees" she made
two kinds, alike in appearance, save
that she painted the practical end of
one Il bright yellow and that of the
other deep black. The former is
pretty and harmless, the latter is not so
pretty, but makes up for it in the pos
session of Il lance that it uses with con-
summate skill.
1t was fun to initiate the city boy into
hunting bumblebees in connection with
assuring him that You knew Il plant
whose Juice rubbed on the hands would
turn the sting of bee The country
boy rubs his palms with the white
Juice of the milk-weed, and then de-
monstrates its value to his credulOus
visitor. He hunts among the bull
thistles till he finds bumblebee with
the yellow caisson, and boldly clutches
him in his hand. Then the city boy
must try it milkweed juice is applied,
and then the crafty country tiend
steers him against Il bull thistle III
which sits and sups bee with the
nigrescent attachment. lie grasps
it gingerly, and instantly drops it with
il shrek of pain, and conyulsiyely shakes
his hand as he twists about III agony.
A nettle bush affords the country lad
opporuity to amuse his city visitor.
$50 and shake that bush there, and
you'll hear bees holler." He grasps it,
shakes it vigorously, and IL moment
later it is himself which he hears ''hol-
ler,' and not the bees. TO induce the
untutorrd city boy to climb up Il bush
to get sight of the eggs i'll ''crow's S
nest is popular method of getting
the visitor i'll communication with
IA residence of hornet. In walk
ing through the woods one would some
times encounter the Young of il we'll
known animal, and which had the ap-
pearance of Il kitten To poiut out the
.:kitten,' and induce the city innocent
to 90 and pick it up, was not an I'M
common occurrence. | have seen sew
eral of these animals thus picked up,
but | never saw an instance in which
they were held for any great length of
time.
| Another little diversion in the inter-
ests of the visitor from the city was to
inveigle him to 90 in swimming. aud
then aeluge his shirt with that legumi-
nous dabolism, 'coMitch." All coun-
try boys, when they 90 swimming, dry
themselves with their shirts. The city
boy. following their example, would in
tensify the torture of the application.
The country boy had his revenge
As from the smallest seeds germinate